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Levande lärmiljöer : Proceedings från Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteternas pedagogiska inspirationskonferens 2018

Föreliggande volym är en proceedings från Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteternas pedagogiska inspirationskonferens i november 2018 och samlar de många intressanta och tankeväckande presentationer och diskussioner som ägde rum denna dag. De pedagogiska reflektioner, analyser och erfarenheter som presenteras i boken lyfter fram hur lärmiljön, både som pedagogiskt och socialt rum, är central för s

Contested numbers: Census controversies and the press in 1960s Nigeria

This article reconstructs the controversies following the release of the figures from Nigeria's 1963 population census. As the basis for the allocation of seats in the federal parliament and for the distribution of resources, the census is a valuable entry point into postcolonial Nigeria's political culture. After presenting an overview of how the Africanist literature has conceptualized the polit

A Case of Its Own? A Review of Italy's Colonisation of Eritrea, 1890-1941

This paper considers Italy's short but intense colonisation of Eritrea in light of the more well-known European colonial histories in Africa. We review the Italian historiography on Italy's involvement in Eritrea, supplementing it with novel archival data. The focus is on the activities of private enterprises and agricultural settlements, and on the Italian state's colonial spending, particularly

The Wealth and Poverty of African States Economic Growth, Living Standards and Taxation since the Late Nineteenth Century

A wealth of new data have been unearthed in recent years on African economic growth, wages, living standards, and taxes. In The Wealth and Poverty of African States, Morten Jerven shows how these findings transform our understanding of African economic development. He focuses on the central themes and questions that these state records can answer, tracing how African states evolved over time and t